Joseph Heller famously wrote in Catch-22 that "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
It's a wonder Florida's traditional public school officials haven't had that stamped on T-shirts. They've been looking over their shoulders recently for charter schools' feverish advance. Last year, lawmakers tightened traditional public schools' accountability, but loosened the shackles on charter school growth.
This year's legislative session only reinforced fears charters have staged a coup.